Green tie front blouse and skirt with box pleats

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Hi!! This top is based on model 101 from Burda magazine 7/2007 (you can see my other project based on this pattern here: http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/tie-front-gathered-plaid-blouse?all_images=1#project-shot-all
I altered a little the neckline because it was low and I added a bow tie instead of the band collar. I also made short sleeves gathered at the bottom with elastic.
The skirt is based on an ancient burda magazine model, I can’t remember which one. I made this two piece outfit two years ago (then I was thinner), the skirt was short but had enough ease, and everything was ok.
This summer, after the consumption of some millions of calories, I tried again the outfit. You can see the bringing-tears-to-the-eyes result at the last picture: The skirt had not a single cm of ease and was lifted up. But, lucky me, I had kept the remnants of the fabric! I added a rectangular piece at the bottom of the skirt and made two box pleats at both front and back. I think that now it is much better!! Still the skirt is very tight so I plan to redo the side seams and give it some ease. The top is also a little tight now, but I can’t do anything about it: it has nearly zero seam allowances.
Thanks for looking!
P.s. My next project is sewing my lips together:P

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Oh, thank you very much for the generous comments!! I found this kitty in my garden and now I can’t take him of my feet, it’s really difficult to take a picture without him! Whenever he sees the camera he comes near me to pose! He is a star!!:)))))

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Thank you very much dear kisses! You, and some other fellow seamstresses, made me blush with your comments about the last sexy photo!! When I wear it some days before I wanted to cry, I felt so fat!! I had it in this legth for two years and enjoyed wearing it, but it was not so tight and short! I agree it is sexy in the last photo: the skirt is as long as a tunic and so tight that the fabric is ready to explode:P. I would keep it this way if I was a little younger and my lifestyle was different;)
I’ m very glad you liked the neckline and the box pleats, I think I will wear it a lot to go to work this way:)

Good result of re-doing (although, to tell the truth, on the last picture, somebody looks quite sexy :)) if you didn’t tell us the story we wouldn’t never guess it looked differently. And I agree with the girls – this is your colour.

you look lovely liliv, your story about your next projects funny. I think you look great. I have the same problem which is why i love woking with jersey, it can expand and i can take my projects in when i lose weight.I go to slimming world.Its coming of me slowely as i like my alcohol when i go on nights out lol. The green is lovely on you and i love the pleats in the skirt.I think the shirt looks fine but what about a patterned side panel if you think you need some ease?? I’ m sure you have lots of scraps x

You really make me smile, and I hope you never do that “next” project! I love this color and your resourcefulness – the skirt looks just great with the new pleats! I’m sure if you thought long enough you could come up with some alteration for the top – perhaps some green lace in the same hue? It’s a lovely outfit!

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Thanks a lot dear BeeZee! Some lace would be great but it’s impossible to find the same exactly shade of green. But I have some more fabric left ….. if you have some refashioning idea for it tell me please!
I wish I could make the “sew my mouth closed” project. It would take less time than altering all my fitted clothes!

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